Cover; Title; Contents; Glossary; Introduction; Part One; Hammam al-Samara; the hafla; moles in damp tunnels; sun and moon letters; even the foreigners are escaping!; Gaza from the air; coffee and cigarettes; zift; scents of history; great night for a party!; Tom and Jerry; Part Two; the milking station; why no one visits the Swailams; Catherine and the Tulip; rocket talk; shortly before six in the morning; Part Three; pleasure at the weekend; of all the ports; sea creatures; Ramadan for Christians; Operation Smile and Hope; bedouin; bell jar; Part Four; the fridge; Bruno does tension zones.

How-HowMuhammad and all the things he might have done; the mathaf; imagining A. Love; Part Five; the same but now different; the cage; Abu Nidal goes first class to Cairo; chance of rain: zero per cent; the Wadi of Pleasure; Epilogue; Acknowledgements; Notes; Copyright.